Fantastic startup advice from Marc Andreessen 15 years ago. https://t.co/slnUkIGB5j
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Fantastic startup advice from Marc Andreessen 15 years ago. https://t.co/slnUkIGB5j
The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least ten times better at doing something than the current prevailing way of doing that thing.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least ten times better at doing something than the current prevailing way of doing that thing. Two or three times better will not be good enough to get people to switch to the new thing fast enough or in large enough volume to matter.
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Classic start-up growth prioritizes efficiency in the face of uncertainty. Starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down; being resource-efficient lets you “glide” to minimize the rate of descent, giving you the time to learn things about your market, technology, and team before you hit the ground. This k
... See moreChris Yeh • Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
Intriguingly, there are sometimes multiple answers. I talked to a startup a few days ago that could grow into 3 distinct Microsofts. They'd probably vary in size by orders of magnitude. But you can never predict how big a Microsoft is going to be, so in cases like that I encourage founders to follow whichever path is most immediately exciting to th... See more